'Ilm al-huruf
# 'Ilm al-huruf

ʿIlm al-Ḥurūf (Arabic: عِلْم الْحُرُوف) or the science of letters, also called Islamic lettrism, is a process of Arabic numerology whereby numerical values assigned to Arabic letters are added up to provide total values for words in the Quran, similar to Hebrew gematria. Used to infer meanings and reveal secret or hidden messages.

ʿIlm al-Ḥurūf is composed of the two words ʿilm (Arabic: عِلْم) meaning "knowledge", and ḥurūf (Arabic: حُرُوف), the plural of the word ḥarf (Arabic: حَرْف), meaning "letters".

## Table of letter values

| Arabic alphabet | name | numerological value |
| - | - | - |
| ا | ʾalif | 1 |
| ب | bāʾ | 2 |
| ج | jīm | 3 |
| د | dāl | 4 |
| ه | hāʾ | 5 |
| و | wāw | 6 |
| ز | zāy | 7 |
| ح | ḥāʾ | 8 |
| ط | ṭāʾ | 9 |
| ي | yāʾ | 10 |
| ك | kāf | 20 |
| ل | lām | 30 |
| م | mīm | 40 |
| ن | nūn | 50 |
| س | sīn | 60 |
| ع | ʿayn | 70 |
| ف | fāʾ | 80 |
| ص | ṣād | 90 |
| ق | q̈āf | 100 |
| ر | rāʾ | 200 |
| ش | šīn | 300 |
| ت | tāʾ | 400 |
| ث | thāʾ | 500 |
| خ | khāʾ | 600 |
| ذ | ḏāl | 700 |
| ض | ḍād | 800 |
| ظ | ẓāʾ | 900 |
| غ | ġayn | 1000 |
